Mukti

Sri Ramana Maharshi

If we regard ourselves as the doers of action we shall also be the enjoyers of the fruits of such action. If by enquiring who does these actions one realizes one's Self, the sense that one is the doer vanishes and with it all the three kinds of karma (sanchita, agamya, prarabdha). This is the state of eternal mukti or liberation.

Our Real Nature is mukti. But we imagine that we are bound and are making strenuous attempts to become free, while we are all the time free. This will be understood only when we reach that stage. We will be surprised that we were frantically trying to attain something which we have always been and are.